thanks malcom, but don't bother - chris >From: malcolm cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: L18's >Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 22:38:04 +1200 > >Heaps of L18's L20B etc etc here in NZ >But who wants the hassle of sending that sort of stuff? > >I can set you up with a guy that will send them if you want to pay the >dollar and all the shipping charges? >I have sorted engines out for other people,by passing on phone >numbers,and can do if you want. >But it's nothing to do with me at all, apart from I know the guy that >will send them if you want to pay is price. >Malcolm > >Terry & Heather wrote: > > > > Chris, > > I've posted this response only to Ozdats as the Bluebells might get > > annoyed - there a bit fractious over there at the moment. > > > > You might find an L18 or two in NZ these days, not many left in Japan. >Most > > of the L18's in Australia are in need of a rebuild. If you can pickup a >L18W > > and throw a set of good ole Made in the US of A Hastings CM rings in it >and > > reco the head, you'll get reliable service out of for many a good year. >It's > > not uncommon to see 300K miles on original bore with these engines. >Before > > imports got popular in Australia, the engines we got were from wrecked >cars > > that weren't crashed, they just gas axed them and stuck the bits in a > > container with a kangaroo on it, but apparently that trend has changed > > somewhat over the past 5 years or so. > > > > The Japanese car industry is kept alive by Govt regulation that makes >annual > > registration more expensive on a sliding scale, some say to prop up the > > local industry or as you say to keep pollution levels down, I know if >our > > Govt tried a stunt like that they'd be laughed out of town. The Japanese >car > > industry isn't as regulated as it used to be, they threw away the >maximum > > width rule in the mid to late 80's so we see decent sized cars (wide >bodied > > they call them) come out of japan these days. The Govt has made it > > uneconomical to keep a car for more than 7 years or so and as the >average > > age of a car in Australia last time I checked the ABS Data is 15 years, >so > > we just grab slightly used Japanese models for a fraction of the local > > price. > > > > The Aussie Govt is trying to change the rules here though, they would >like > > to only allow models to be imported that aren't available in Aus and it >will > > be interesting how the imports are affected by the GST - so far most >pollies > > wont touch the current legislation as they think that they wouldn't >survive > > the next election. Imports are certainly big business here these days. > > > > regards > > > > Terry > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Chris Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, 12 June 2000 1:51 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: L18's > > > > I was just wondering whether you can still pick up L18's from Jap or >other > > country importers ... I know a few months back one of my mates bought >some > > more modern engine from a Jap importer in Melbourne, it came with about > > every modification under the sun, and it was heaps cheaper than it would > > cost to do it yourself. I heard something about people in Japan having >to > > sell their cars after a certain time frame, to keep pollution to a >minimum, > > don't know how long, or even if it was true - but i'm just about to >begin > > work on an L18, and was wondering if it's possible to get an engine from > > these guys with a few parts already.... thanks > > chris > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > This message comes to you from the Datsun 510 mailing list. > > List rules and instructions are available at: > > http://bluebirds.datsun510.com/bluebirds/listcharter > > Authors retain implicit copyright to their material. Obtain > > permission from the author before redistributing messages. > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com --membersozdat------------------------------------------------------- OZDAT Mailing List Please Note:- Send (un)subscribe requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send submissions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] No unauthorised redistribution of this email http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/index.htm http://www.datascribe.com.au/ozdatonline/listindex.html http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------
